Mechanosensitive Channels -- Experimental Methods of Studying Mechanosensitive Channels and Possible Errors in Data Interpretation -- Role of Lipid Bilayer Mechanics in Mechanosensation -- Mechanosensitive Channels Gated by Membrane Tension -- Computational Studies of the Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channels -- Mechanosensory Transduction in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans -- Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Odontoblasts -- Potassium Ion Channels in Articular Chondrocytes -- Osmotransduction Through Volume-Sensitive Cl- Channels -- Mechanosensitive Channel TRPV4 -- Mechanosensitive Signalling Cascades -- Mechanosensitive Purinergic Calcium Signalling in Articular Chondrocytes -- Signal Transduction Pathways Involved in Mechanotransduction in Osteoblastic and Mesenchymal Stem Cells -- Caveolae -- Multimodal Activation and Regulation of Neuronal Mechanosensitive Cation Channels -- Regulation of Intracellular Signal Transduction Pathways by Mechanosensitive Ion Channels -- Cell Mechanobiology -- The Effects of Mechanical Stimulation on Vertebrate Hearts -- Mechanobiology of Fibroblasts.